Certificate of deposit.



PATENTED CCT. 9, 1906.

E. KIMBER. CERTIFICATE 0E DEPOSIT.

APPLICATION FILED 00T16. 1903.

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APPLICATION FILED 0OT.6. 1903.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEETOE.

EMMOB KIMBER., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AsSioNon TO i-IENRY v. BOYER, or BROOKLYN, NEW Yoan.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

Application filed October 6,1903. Serial No. 175,943.

" ToutZZ wiz/om it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, EMMOR KIMBEB, a citizen of the United States, and a resident tof,

Boston, inthe county of Suffolk, State of '5/Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Certificates of Deposit, of which the following is a full, clear, nandeasacifdescrigition.

. The object of his invention is the'efl'ecting of means whereby a specified sum of money Y can be deposited in a bank or other financial 7 institution and a certificate therefor ie issued capable of being transferred by the lepositor to various people andin different fractional amounts, never, of course, in excess of the amount depositech My invention for this purpose comprises two parts, the first conshowingsaid stub and its sisting of the .certificate of deposit proper and the-.other of .the forwarding draft or check.

The certificate is formed in several parts or sections, certain of which consist of a numbei` of detachable coupons ori stamps, leach having some fractional amount of money designate thereon, the sum of which foots up to the face value of the certificate and without which the other part of the certificate is without The forwarding-draft consists simply of a slip, preferably of the usual size of a ank-check, upon which certain of the coupons or stamps from the certificate may be aflixed, theirtotai value inscribed thereon, and the back thereof 'indorsed -with the name of the person or concern to-whom it is desired to have paid the sum ofmoney indicated, by such total value. The ndorsee having received and deposited'this draft in his local bank is credited therewith in the same manner as an ordinarycheck or draft and the forwarding-,draft sent on to the bank or trust company which issued the certicate.

Referring to the drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a face view of 'my certificate of deposit proper, indicating but afraction of the indexing-stub, which is designed to form a part thereof as originally printed. Fi 2is a face view of the forwarding-dra t; and Fig., 3 is a face view position relative to .the balance of the certificate.

As shown in Fi 1, the certificate of deissuing it, the number'of the certificate, the

afname ofthe depositor, the amount deposited,

the date'thercrd, and the signature of the cashier or other person authorized to sign the `certificate. The coupons or stamps A are preferably made quite, small in size and are 'separated from each other and the section B by lines of perforations I) to permit of easy detachment. Each coupon or stamp contains, in addition to the numerals indicative of monetary value, the same series or individuall number which is printed upon the Asection B, said numerals being of course fractional parts of the face value of the certificate and `of considerable,variety in order to errnit of such combinations thereof as to ma re up any desired sum in dollars and cents within the total amount for which the certificate is issuedt I prefer that each certificate Vof a series shall be issued for the same specified amount,

.as ten dollars, no matter what sum may be deposited by a single person, as many certificates being given to him as are necessary to equal the money paid 1n, I also prefer to arrange the coupons or stamps in ten rows,

, each row parallel with the section B, with the values indicated thereon footing up to one dollar, the numerals 50 25 l0 5 3 2 2 l 1 1A proving the most suitable for the purpose, and to provide the variety above referred to.

In addition to the certificatenumber and the value numerals I prefer to have printed upon each coupon or stamp a certain amount of reading matter certifying more fully as to the Vvalue thereof and stating by whom and Where issued. This may be of such a style and tint of line as to reduce to a minimum the possible danger Aof counterfeiting. Such danger is, however, very small, for the reason that each certicate is issued for but a comparatively triiling amount. Further; inasmuch as each coupon or stamp contains the individual number of the certificate the bank receiving a forwarding-draft can at once refer to the number, and hence account, of the depositor and ascertain if the certificate has or has not been fully redeemed. If it has or if the forwarding-draft overdraws the ac? count, then the bank knows that all in excess thereof must be counterfeit. v

While the certificate of deposit as thus far described is complete so far as the depositor is concerned, I have further improved upon it for the purpose of simplifying the bookv keeping' work of the bank issuing the same.

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This improvement consists in forming the ized therefrom.

oertiiieote with e still) C, sejinireble 'from the rem 'frinder by suite-ble perline,tions und oon taining 'the individuel ruunher ol. the eertiiieste, the d ete oli issue, the nei-ne, address, und

. signature of thi depositor, und spaces Jfor the entrance of the Various sums :ind dattes ol' payment thereof :is 'paid out by the coupons or stumps on the lforwnrdingldrmts, and lso Containing u inernororuluin ot the amount in dollsrs end cents oi the oertifieste This forms e carril-index end et the seine time ns completo e system oi bookkeeping is is neeesseryv end ai sigl'intin'e-bool-z tr the ready comparison ol" the signature on eueli torwnrdingg-dmft. Y

The manner in which these certificates of deposit used es e'eonvenient ineens .lor .lialrili smell hills by mail consists in remitir lng from e, cortili/ete enough oi the fnnipons or stamps to insito up the sinn to be paid und then nesting thorn upon the brimming dreigt, the lisons thereof being: ruinnied tor the purpose, or the time ol the fore/:inluurN droit being similarly treated, hut the forni-er method heing pre'temble. 'llndrawer olr this droit then inscribes thereon the total amount indicated by the coupons or stumps eodthen upon the heel; thereof Writes his own naine md the naine of the person or oon-- e'ern to Whom he Wishes the drstt paid in the customary manner of hooking cheeks. This forwardingfdreft then becomes practically n` certified cheek, since the coupons or sten'ips thereon prove absolutely that the nioney is still on deposit and cannot be Withdrawn oxeep't by the presentation. of the stamps them selves. Further, the forwarding-draf t heimr impossible of being raised above 'the limit or ten dollars or other designated sono For which eeeh eertilieete of the series is issued,

dered preeticellyuothing. So, also, since the coupons or stamps must he printed with special inks and on speeiel peper the expense of raising such; e cheek is necessarily mede greater than the sum which een he ree-l- Moreover, this' system per- Initsoi` de Jositing smell sums ol moneyv in benk and 'raving them Subj eet to cheek, and yet Without cheek-book, pfisssbooli, or en eis pensive keeping of eeeounts, which ordinorilgT prohiln'tivel of smell accounts. l design that the banks or trust Companies adopting this systern1 advertise to pay interest upon the deposits so long` is the certificates thereof romarin unbroken. Willen, however, e forwsrding-dreft comes heel; to the benk, even for e smell innount, then the certificate against Whioh it drawn cerises to auteuniulate further interest. In this manner when e man deposits e certain sum of money one hundred dollars, for insteneewend receives ten certificates therefor he knows tliutlie is receiving;l interest upon the Wholi` sum until nn UD,

such time :is he breaks one of the certifica when interest upon that one ceases, but Continues upon the remainder. It is only necessari" tor hiru to fi/'rite upon the see/tion B the dei@ ol' the 'first Coupons or stamps removed in order to lreep tineli his interest account. The henk, on the other hond, notes upon their stuh C the dates of the forwardingdrartis, end so een see :it e glance when interest is to Geese upon the fece of the certificate. By' ineens oi this arrangement small depositors een keep e henle-eeoount, drew certified cheeks against the seine to snyejmounts from one Cent 'up to ten dollars, receive Vinterest on the unbroken Certificates, end et the same time he eble to 'forward hy mail Without trouble, expense, or danger of loss the exeet puy .tor tiny ertiel 3s, hooks, or magazines whirh they nnljv desire. This is adrent:1., e of which 'te-W erin realize the greet imm nortunee who here not heen in the mail-order or publication lni -iness. it is ot equal ininor snee to the banker, tor the reason thet he thereby attracts to his treesurj,v foto of deposits whieh will foot ug .to` en enormous sum, end et the seine time oost ot issuing the eertiiieetes and of keeping trank of the deposits is so comparatively slight es to be :tiniest beneath consideration. Further, e large proportion of this money een he' loaned et goed retos end for long times, inesniueh es the depositors Wili onlyl drew in smell sums und et infrequent intervals, both because theyV ero 'aooun'luleting in tere/st on. the unbroken eerti'iiefttes 'and eeeuse they7 wish to keep money on denosi 'or the eonvenienee of mailing smell payments. Hence the money will ho far steedier inthe bzmlrers hands then the deposits of e, smell number' of business men'eeoh with large eeoount.

Thetclaim invention, and for en eggrel which i desire Letters Patent, is es follows,

to Wit:

l! A. certificate of deposit comprising e singie sheet, one section-of which contains e numbered certificate showing the de osit of designated ernennt of 'moneyVlr in eA enh or trust company hy e person named thereon, und other sections consisting of stamps oreoupons separated troni eeeh other hy Weshened lines, and erich stain .i or coupon hav ing' thereon vthe number or said eertitioete, the neme et seid benk or trust company, and i :t smell sinn ol" money, the total of which on n eil ot seid stamps or eoupons equals the amount ot' money designated on said certifi- V este, suhstzintiuliy 'es described.

seid eertii'ieete., the nume of seid deposit-or,

numbered certificate showingl the de osit of y cate, substantially as described.

matten; an other' sections consisting of and blank spaces for the insertion of other matter and other sections separa l from each other by weakened lines and em.' ing thereon the number'of said ce; cate, the name of sadbank or trust Company and a small sum of money, the total of which on all of said last-named sections equals the amount of money designated on said certifi- 3. A eeitiiicate of depositomprising;l a single" sheet having one section containing a a designated amount of money in a dank or trust company by a person named thereon, another section containing the number of said certificate, the name of the de )ositor and blank s aces for the insertion o" other :ser coupons separated 'from each by weakened lines and eszeli having n. the number of said certi'eate, the said bank o1` trust Company, and a sinn of money, the total ofwhich on said stamps or coupons equals the amount of money designated on :laid certifi EMMoR namen. 1Witnesses FRANKLIN V, CHANEY, A. B. UPI-MM. 

